Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1954 — Page 1

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McCarthy Subgroup Resumes Hearings k .. H D m Wm ■ iirrr^i ■.Yb »■[; /HH/f hmMkM 1 IMr V > .fMttiHl j ■ pßßflgMßßß||K<Kfe * KB 41L , SEN. JOBEPH R. MCCARTHY (top-right), chairman-of the Senate inventilations HUbcommittee. confers with Sen. Karl Mundt, who headed the subgroup during the- Army-MeCartby hearings, in a moment of calm before the committee reopened ks probe of Communist infiltration in defense plants. Later the hearing was disrupted- when witness Charles Wojchowskl ibottom-lert) was forcibly ejected by Capitol poiceinno Robert O'Mahoney. Wojchowskl. named as a communist in testimony given by James W. Glatis of Boston. Mass...denounced the ex-FBI undercover agent as a "stool pigeon” a-nd a “paid Informer” and was ordered to leave by McCarthy. - — - , - V

Congress Hope Os Adjourning July 31 Fades Senate Debate Over Atomic Legislation Slows Adjournment WASHINGTON (INS) — Hope for adjournment of congress by July -31 grew fainter today In wake of the continued senate debate on atomic legislation. Senate uok waaer William F. Knowland admitted that his targe td ate ia now Just about an “academic" topic a* a result of what he called a Democratic filibuster ou the atomic bill. However, neither Knowland nor senate GOP policy chairman Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.) would abandon all hope that both houses .of congress will finish their work by a week from Saturday and go home. Hut the fact that the hulk of President Eisenhower's legislative program remains to be passed in 10 calendar days — including the wtiU unfinished atomic measure—made that goal appear unattainable. Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas said flatly that senators “need have no illusions” abofct adjourning liy July 31. Knowland served notice on Democrats conducting the extended debate that the atomic bill will not ... he laid asige or be modified to suit them. He added a further word that . some /‘secondary bills In- which sente senators may be Interested might have to be dropped.” if the debate drags out too long. The Republican pointed out that sr.rate rules call for congress adjourning the end of July unless otherwise provided. He stressed that 435 members pf the house will be ready to leave on schedule nnl that m-afly senators won't relish being held up by a few who w int .to talk. Both Knowland and Johnson emphasised that congress still has n number Os "priority" bills to pass — taxes. housing, foreign aid, farm, social security and unemployment compensation. The senate finance committee Is expected to (‘bmplete Its work on the house-approved social security bill today. The tax revision I Continued On Hair Plvat Two Boys Burned To Death In Hay LOGANSPORT, Ind.. (INS) — The bodies of two boys who often spent hours tunneling through bales pt hay were pullefd from the smouldering ruins of a huybarn near Walton Monday night. 1 ' Burned to death in the fire which burhed.Bdme 4.000 bales of hay were Charles Edward Jay, 8, and Laymon Propea, 7, son of the tenant farmer on the property owned by Charles Jay, Sr. *

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Search For Slayer Turns To Columbus Police Photograph Clew Is Exploded „ INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Search tor-the dresser-drawer slayer of an Is-year-old Clinton, tad., aid turned to Columbus. Ind., when the rogues gallery identification clew exploded. Police said they were discount- > ing entirely identification of a police photograph by a taxi drlyer and two hotel employes because of vagueness In identification. They said the picture was Iff veara old. 1 Dorothy Poore was killed by someone who jacknifed her body \nd stuffed it into a dresser drawer in a room at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. The nearly nude body was found Sunday morning. * Homicide Captain Robert Reilly said he was investigating the registration of a “Jack O'Shea” at the Columbus Hotel in Columbus Sunday afternoon, The prime suspect in the slaying is a man who registered at the Claypool as Jack O’Shea and gave a phony New York address. An employee of the Columbus Hotel described O'Shea as short and light-framed, with sandy hair and a ruddy complexion, more or less matching the description of the suspected killed. H» gave a Kansas City, Mo., address. The suspect's photo wag identi- , tied bv a taxi driver. Ray Irvin, and by two hotel employees, Mrs. Ethel Fields, and Mrs. Jean Meredith. elevator operators. Bellhop Bruno Wldmann said he believed the 5-foot-8 height,of the suspect made him too tall and refused to identify the police photo as the man who is believed to have murdered Dorothy Poore, 18yearold Clinton, Ind., girl who came to Indianapolis to seek work. Mrs. Fields and Mrs. Meredith, however, picked the photo Individ-, ually from the file as the man who had registered as O'Shea and to whose room they had taken the victim. Irvin also selected the photo as O'Shea and said he was the man he had taken to the Claypolo Hotel. Name of the suspect was withheld. The identification added urgency* td the nation-wide manhunt being conducted for O'Shea who was described as a wild-eyed, woman crazy pretty boy. Police flashed an alarm throughout the country for the man after hotel employes definitely connected* him with* the murdered young woman. The half-nude body was dlscovered crammed Into the drawer of an old-fashioned golden oak dresser In a sixth floor room last Sunday. The last occupant of the room was a man who registered as Jack O’Shea and gave a phony address In New York CRy. A room clerk, Mrt. Mary Mllla, told police that • girl resembling Miss Poore came to the desk after Q'Shea checked Into the hotel last I'iwra To race ttlabt) • " . • 'S ' .

Cohn Quits As * Chief Counsel For McCarthy Roy Cohn Resigns As Chief Counsel Os Subcommittee 'WASHINGTON (INS)—Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy announced today that he has received Roy M. Cohn's resignation) as chief counsel of the senate Investigations subcommittee. The Wisconsin Republican contended Cohn’s resignation ''must bring grekt satisfaction to the Communists and fellow travelers." McCarthy asserted: “The smears and pres mire* to which he .has been .subjected make it clear that an effective antl-Commu;nist cannot long survive on the Washington scene.”* The senator made public the text of Cohn's letter of resignation, which was sent on the eve of today’s showdown meeting on peves by a majority of subcommittee members aimed at firing Cohn and several other staff employes. - Francis P. Carr, McCarthy committee stag director,, asked if the senator had accepted Coin’s resignation, replied: “I think he’ll tell you that he has.” Carr himseir was reported several weeks ago to be planning to resign. But, when) newsmen asked him today if be expects to stay oh, he answered: "1 am —unless I'm voted out." In his letter to McCarthy. Cohn said: “As there appears to be a lack of. unanimity among the members of the investigations subcommittee upon the question of continuing ir.y services as chief counsel, I hereby tender my resignation.” Stating that it had been “a privilege to perform my duties under your inspiring leadership," Cohn *u<jded: . “Needless to add H Is with much reluctance that I leave the challenging work ef|he committee, but l am certain tffHrthe'ftgb* against atheistic Communist influence will continue until every vestige of it Is driven from our shore*.” Extending “to the great American jury my heartfelt thanks for Re loyal support," he added: "The enthusiastic support which has come to me from the American people for the small part 1 have played in this task of exposing Communist infiltration ih key place# has been an inspiring force a-nd a great comfort." Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt.) sponsor of a resolution to censure McCarthy, had this to say of Cohn’s resignation: “So far so good. This of course does not reach the heart of the problem presented by the Junior senator from Wisconsin.’’ McCarthy, In a statement accompanying the text of the letter, said of Cohn: “He has rendered perhaps unrivaled service in the conviction and exposure of Communists • and spies in thM nation "He prosecuted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the executed atom spies; William Remington, anti the top leaders of the Communist party. “He exposed Communist infiltra(Tnra T» Past Six) Milk Approved For Distribution Here Grade A Milk Is Approved In City Four firm# and five brands of milk have been determined as grade A and are approved for distribution in Decatur, Dr. Ralph E. Allison, city milk inspector, enid today. Inspection is made twice a year. Following are the concerns and their brands: Beatrice Food Co., distributed by Beatrice Foods, New Caotle. Central Dairy*, distributed by Sn.tth’e Dairy, Decatur. - Home Dairy. * distributed 'by Home Dairy Products, Berne. Pure Sealed Dairy, distributed by Smith's Dairy, Decatuf. Roeehlll Dairy, distributed by Rosehill Dairy, Bluffton. Distribution of milk under the name of grade A milk .without a opeclal inspection and approval Is prohibited by city, ordinance. INDIANA WEATHER Partly cloudy with a few 10. . cal thundershowers tonight Wednesday partly cloudy, a few local thundershowers south, not quit# »o hot north and central. Low tonight 68-72 north, 72-80 south. High Wednesday 68-65 north* 95-102 south.

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Builders Pose 1 I ; Tough Problem For Probers Refuse To Reveal Operation Details To Investigators WASHINGTON IJNS) — Government housing investigators were concerned today with the problem of what to do with -a group of builders who have refused to spell out details of their operations Involving federal apartment loans. Questionnaires were sent out June 17 to operators of 7,000 pro* jeets which were built with federal housing administration insured loans and are involved in the current senate probe of FHA irregularities. Acting FHA commissioner Norman P.\ Mason.- on .orders from the housing and home finance ag; ency, specified that the builders should file sworn answers to th4 four-page questionnaire by last Thursday. The government requested a complete breakdown on the cost of the projects, information on whether any “kick-backs, rebates or trade discounts" weft prim, and* a list of any loans or dividends made by the operators with excess mortgage funds. Industry circles said builders who have refused to answer the questionnaire have asked the FHA to explain its legal authority for requiring them to submit the information. Some sources called Mason’s action a “fishing expedition.” and one said “it was a pure case' of blackmail” since the industry fears that if a builder fails to fill out the questionnaire he may be black-listed by the FHA. On the other hand, this spokesman said, if a builder gives the information, it may be used in some kind of court action against him without providing the usual protections under the constitution such as the fifth amendment protecting a witness from testifying against himself. A spokesman for HH/A administrator Albert M. Cole said, however, that It would be “unfair” to say the tardiness means any widespread non-compliance with the order. (CutlMm Ua t’asr Five)

New Unit Completes Big Year At Bag Service, Inc.

The Jlrst full-year of operation of the new ban manufacturing division of Bag Service. Inc., in this city, exceeded goals In -employment and production, W. Lowell Harper, executive vlce-presldVnt of the company, stated today. Established in 1941 by Stewart VV.t, McMillen as a business to reprocess feed bags, the company decided to open a new department that would turn out burlap and cotton hags for feed and milling companies throughout the country. More than 60 persons are employed at the plant. After contacts were completed for the purchase of cotton and jute, the latter coming from Calcutta, India, the next step was to Install a huge 10-ton Schmutz multicolor press for the printing of trade and brand names on the l»ags. This department was set up In the north wing of the company's sprawling building on Ninth street and the first products were turned out last July. Favorably received by their customers, operations have expanded In this division and production has also risen In the bag processing unit, which Is located In the south section of the building. After a year's trial, managers and department heads hare been named to operate the new bag division. E. E. ''One" Rydell Is manager and Rolen Rose * r ■

Kruse Chairman 01 Democratic Rally j State Chairman To Be Speaker Thursday William J. Kruse, Democratic , candidate for joint state repre--1 tentative from -Adams and Wells counties, will be chairman of the Democratic rally Thursday night - at. 8 o’clock at the YJlem’s lake paDr. Harr/ H. Hebble, Democratic county chqkmau, announced today. Gene Hike, of Monrqe, has been asked to puke the introduction 6f the principal speaker, Charles E. Skillen, Democratic state chairman. All local candidates present at the meeting will he introduced by Mrs. Theron of Geneva. county vice-chairman. John A. Kintz, Democratic candidate for county commissioner, will head the refreshment committee. A report on the registering and polling project will be made by Bobby Heller, of Kirkland township. Mrs. Severin H. Schurger, wife of the Democratic candidate for the Indiana appellate court, will represent her huslrand at the speaker’s table. Major Schurger is attending a two weeks judge advocate general’s course at Northwestern University. pr. Hobble announced that *ll neighboring cbUhty chairmen and the district chairman have been Invited to the meeting. BULLETIN , WASHINGTON (INS)—The senate finance committee approved amendments to its social security bill today liberalizing benefits for retired persons. • Truck, Wheat Field Destroyed By fire A small truck and a five-acre of wheat were destroyed by fire Monday afternoon on the Henry Dehner farm on route five. The fire .probably started from the exhaust pipe of the truck. Decatur firemen were called at 12:30 p. ni. to put out the blaze. They were aided by neighbor farmers who plowed a strip around the burning field. Dehner; a prominent Union township farmer, is president of the county council. V,

Is foreman. Carl J. Lose, who ha* been with the company for several years, has been placed in charge of sales. Two years ago the company's plant was revamped and modernised so that production could be stepped up in the reprocessing plant! in charge of this department are Dwiglit "Whiteys Myers, general manager; Karl Scarbrough, foreman, and Harry Mauller, who supervises the vast stocks of materials for both new' and reprocessed bag*. A trip through the plant showed this reporter the extensive and detailed operations of an industry that has grown steadily and progressively In the past }3 years. The center of the building is largely occupied by a warehouse and storage room for the rolls and bales of cotton sheeting and burlap. The new bag and reprocessing division* are separated. There is a small compartment where swatches or squares of burlap are dyed for the trade and used by nteel companies to cover the ends of bale tie wire, and by packing companies. The squares are dried by intra-ray. Chances are the tools In the trunk of your auto are sacked in a burlap bag produced in Decatur, for the company turns out a container smaller than a feed bag tor this purpose. Customers served In the mid(CulliMt Oa rage Hlskt)

Compromise On Tax Revision Under Study Tax Writers Study t New Compromise To - Huge Revision Bit! WASHINGTON (IN8) —Tax luf writers studied a new compromise i plan today to provide some reduci tions for corporation stockholders i in an effort to break the house- ■ senate deadlock on the huge revenue revision hill. The compromise understood to ■ be “In the works" would exempt f the first SSO of dividend income . plus three percent of all such in- ■ come above SSO a year. I The house provided for a SSO exemption this year, and SIOO in sucI. ceeding years, plus an additional r five percent on 1954 dividend in- - come and 10 percent in succeeding years. s The senate knocked out everyr thing except the SSO exemption, 1 and presumably the proposed Ins crease to SIOO in coming years r has been abandoned by the coni ference committee, t T%o other major items were still in dispute. They are: I 1. Proposals (o give an additional ( tax brook to V. f. firms doing be«l- - ness abroad. 2. A provision to take away tax exempt privileges from foundations which make grants to subversive individuals or groups. The bill, a key section in the administration's legislative program, makes more than 3,000 changes in present internal revenue law* It involves the loss in government .revenue — and a gain to taxpayers —of more than one billion. 300 million dollars. The lengthy measure also codifies the revenue laws for the first time In 75 years. The dispute over- dividend income has been the major stumbling block in getting agreement by the house andaenate. '• - ——- Plane Catches Fire,' All Aboard Unhurt WASHINGTON UN) —A TWA Constellation with an engine aflame made an emergencey landing at Washington National Airport today and its 33 passengers and crew of five escaped Injury. The plane’s No, 3 engine caught fire shortly after the big airliner took off on a scheduled flight to Los Angeles via Dayton, Chicago, and Kansas CHy. Passengers were evacuted quickly. without panict as the flames were extinguished. Mrs. Laura Ramey Is Taken By Death Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Mrs. Laura E. Ramey, 77, a native of Adams county, died Mon- . day at her home, 3518 Gaywood drive, Fort Wayne. She wa* bora at Pleasant Mills buf'had lived in Fort Wayne for < the past 35 years. * Surviving are her husband. William R. Ramey: two sons, Ralph K. and Joseph Ramey, both of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Valentine and Mrs. Raymond Guenther, both of Fort Waytie; four grandchildren; a brother. Harry Barnett of Fullerton. Calif.,iand a sister, Mrs. Joseph Cloud of Decatur. Funeral services will be conduct- ( ed at 1; 30 p.m. Wednesday at the D. O. McComb 4 Sons funeral home, the Rev. J. Luther Seng of- i Delating. Burial will be In the Dt- I oatur cemetery. Friends rosy call * at the funeral home until time of < the services. i

: 7 : Remodeling Work At Public High School Bultemeier Awarded Contract By Board Bultemeier Construction Co. of Decatur was awarded the contract for sound proofing the Decatur high school music rOora and remodeling part of a hall today by the board of school trustees. The Bultemeier bid was the low--1 cat bid submitted for the CorolMete project. Tri State insulation Co. of Fdrt Wayne bid $3,964 and the Bultemeier bkl was $3,466 for the complete job. Two other concerns bid on the accoustics only. They were, T. F. Kelley. Warsaw, with a bid of $2,530, and The Baidu* Co., Fort Wayne, with a bid of $2,442. The two latter bids were not considered by the board as the advertisement called for bide duly on the complete job. The remodeling will add an additional room to the high school building prior to the school opening in September. W. Guy Brown, superintendent, said. i •' ' " Vvv';• Wheat Growers To Cast Votes Friday Hoosisr Formers Jo Vote Over Controls INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Hoosier wheat growers will vote, Friday to accept or reject a plan to continue rigid, federal controls on the production and marketing of wheat. Only 18,000 Indiana wheat farmers of 30,000 eligible are expected to cast ballots in the national referendum on federal controls on the 1955 crop. 'Rejection of controls in Indiana or any other state would not be binding it two-thirds of the nation’s wheat growers accept controls were made law. Authorities said if controls are rejected there would be no limit on production or marketing, and support prices would drop to 45 percent of parity .. . about $1.25 a bushel. Under controls this coming season, Hoosier growers would face I a 12 percent acreage cut in addition to the mandatory 20 percent cut on the 1954 crop. August 1 Deadline For Remonstrance 25-Cent Tax Levy For Adams Central August 1 is the deadline "for a remonstrance to the June 29 resolution of the board of trustees of Ad* ms Central Consolidated school which placed a 25 cent tax levy on all property In the consolidation for the 10-year cumulative building fund. Legal notice of the deadline will be published In Wednesday’s Dally Democrat and taxpayers have a right to object within a 10-day period after publication of the tax levy notice. The tax was levied to cover payment of rentals, purchase of .equipment ami to cover other Indebtedness of the school consolidation, which includes Washington. Kirkland and Monroe town•fclps. Final approval of the levy must ccme from the state board of tax commissioners following 1 the deadline date for filing of a remonstrance. the statute says. Notice to taxpayer* 1* signed by Dealer Adler, president of the school board; W. L. Linn, secrete ry, and Floyd Mltehel, treasurer. Commissioners In Meeting On Monday 11 The county commissioners met 'Monday to take cars of the bimonthly payroll. They also visited Otto Hoffman. one of the commie- . sloner* who Is Improving after a recent Illness.

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Announcement Made Today By French Leaders French Delegation Reports Agreement Reached At Geneva i BULLETIN GENEVA (INS) —The French delegation announced tonight that agreement haa been reached with thq Red i bloc on a cease-fire in Indo- > China, splitting Vietnam I arouad the 17th parallel. GENEVA (INS) •— A top ranking : French delegate sa(d today It apj. U>ared virtually pertain that a ’ peace settlement baiting the seven-and-a-balf year old Indo-Chinese - war will be concluded before midI night 7 p.m. EDT. “It’s midnight or never,” said . French premier Pierre Mendes* France. He has vowed to resign unless he gets a settlement tonight. The delegate, who requested not to be named, voiced optimism over armistice prospects after, a mid- • day meeting of Mendes * France. Soviet foreign minlater V. M- Molotov, British foreign secretary Eoen jwd Vietmlnh deputy premier Pham Van Dong. The principals broke deadlocks on Vietnam elections and the Laotian problem as they raced the clock to get an accord before expiration of Mendes-France'g midnight deadline. The French delegation felt Red Chlna’a demand for American participation in a guarantee by the Geneva conference' powers of a deal to partition Vietnam would not block a final accord. Mendes-France entertained Red Chinese premier-foreign minister Chou En-lai at a lake fish lunch. He hoped to persuade the Red leader to drop this demand and accept a U. S. promise to respect an armistice agreement and not resort to force or the threat of force to disturb it. Eden was believed to have warned Molotov at an earlier meeting today that if pressed, the Communist demand could wreck the Geneva conference attempt to get an armistice at the last momeht. Mendes-France succeeded in getting the Communists to agree to postpone all-Vietnam elections for two years, no later than July 20,, 1956, instead of 18 months, as the Communist bloc had been lng. The Reds realize that the sooner the elections are held, the better are their chances of winning. Organization planning for the elections would be started a year from now. It was also learned that a deadlock on the Laotian problem was broken. The Communists agreed that all of Laos should remain under control of the royal government, but with the understanding that the services of Communist administrators in some areas which the Reds claim to control, would be retained. Much slower progress was a* cbieved in settling issues Involving Cambodia, the third associated state of Indo-Chlna. The Communists insisted on a regrouping area In. Cambodia for the troops they call National Liberation forces. The Reds also demanded that some rebel civil servants be integrated Into the Cambodia administration. . It was learned that the general declaration — document No. -9 — which the Communists demanded that the U.S. adhere to, cUhtalns a preamble listing countries participating In the Geneva conference. . . it states that those countries take note of, and in effect acknowledge, the terms of the armistice Which are then eet forth in the eame document U. 8. sources emphasised that there was bq question of agreeroent to tbts by American delega(Ceatlaae* *a race Klgfct)